Jaclyn’s Review: The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

The Last Time I Lied
written by Riley Sager
published by Dutton, 2018

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Did I enjoy this book? I loved this book! The first half is very murder-mystery-esque, then you get to the halfway point where the author smacks you in the face. It’s amazing. I spent the whole book thinking each character was the culprit at one point or another, and I did not at all see the ending coming. This was such a satisfying read!

Would I recommend it? Absolutely! This was such a great read. I couldn’t put it down!!!
 

 

About the book – from Goodreads: Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their tiny cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. The games ended when Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin in the dead of night. The last she–or anyone–saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips.

Now a rising star in the New York art scene, Emma turns her past into paintings–massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches that cover ghostly shapes in white dresses. The paintings catch the attention of Francesca Harris-White, the socialite and wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale. When Francesca implores her to return to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor, Emma sees an opportunity to try to find out what really happened to her friends.

Yet it’s immediately clear that all is not right at Camp Nightingale. Already haunted by memories from fifteen years ago, Emma discovers a security camera pointed directly at her cabin, mounting mistrust from Francesca and, most disturbing of all, cryptic clues Vivian left behind about the camp’s twisted origins. As she digs deeper, Emma finds herself sorting through lies from the past while facing threats from both man and nature in the present.

And the closer she gets to the truth about Camp Nightingale, the more she realizes it may come at a deadly price.

 

 
 

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